Sleeping with My Brother's Woman

Witnessed by everyone at Shrek Academy, Mu En and I engaged in a fierce duel.

The outcome was far beyond my expectations. I had been brimming with confidence, yet I lost—and lost miserably.

In just one year, such a huge gap had opened between Mu En and me. Perhaps love had driven him to work even harder; perhaps I had spent that year wallowing in decadence and neglected my cultivation; or perhaps it had been both.

After the challenge ended, we went drinking. I crazily drank myself into a stupor, trying to numb myself. Mu En drank with me until he was dead drunk as well. He truly was my good brother, but what happened afterward only made me regret it more. I had truly let him down.

When I woke in the middle of the night, I found that only Mu En and I were in the room. Mu En was sprawled over the table, snoring away, while Xi Shui had long since disappeared.

It was then that I noticed the note that had suddenly appeared on the table. It had been placed beside Mu En, and the handwriting was unmistakable. One look told me it had been written by Xi Shui. The note read: Once you sober up, go wash yourself before returning to your room to sleep.

I did not suspect anything, because when the three of us had traveled together, I had learned that Xi Shui was obsessed with cleanliness. She had never changed.

Perhaps it was the lingering alcohol in my system, or perhaps the lingering unwillingness in my heart. I picked up the note from the table and, as if possessed, left to look for Xi Shui.

The door to Xi Shui's room was open. It looked as though she had gone to bed early. That made sense—after all, she and Mu En had drunk until so late. I walked in, and a sweet, unusual fragrance washed over me. But at the time, I did not pay much attention to it, simply assuming it was incense in Xi Shui's room.

Silently, I walked to the bedside, intending to take one last look at Xi Shui before leaving Shrek Academy. That way, I would never again have to witness the loving sight of Xi Shui and Mu En together, nor would I have to feel heartbroken or pained anymore.

But the sudden turn of events caught me completely off guard. Xi Shui seemed to have woken up, and her voice came from within. "Why did you come so late? I've been waiting for you forever. Did you smell the fragrance in the room? Hehe, I prepared that especially for you. It's a poison I made myself—Spring Breeze Dew Fragrance. So? Surprised?"

"Damn, was it really this melodramatic?" Inside the Earth Dragon Gate, Nan Qiuqiu stared at the scene on the Heavenly Curtain, utterly dumbfounded.

She had never expected the so-called hidden truth to unfold like this.

When she heard the name Spring Breeze Dew Fragrance, an imperceptible blush appeared on her face.

Clearly, she had heard of this poison and knew exactly what it did.

Nan Qiuqiu was not the only one who reacted that way. Most people across the continent felt that the entire situation was absurdly melodramatic.

None of them had expected this matter to have begun with such an outrageous development.

Of course, some people also condemned the Dragon Emperor Douluo's character.

They claimed that even without Spring Breeze Dew Fragrance, Long Xiaoyao might still have done such a thing.

After all, no normal person would wake up in the middle of the night after getting drunk, leave his drunken brother behind, and go visit his brother's woman in her room.

He had no sense of boundaries at all. He was far too unaware.

And when a man and woman were alone together in the same room, accidents were most likely to happen.

"So it seems Long Xiaoyao's character wasn't all that great either." Inside Haotian Fort, Tai Tan wore a disdainful expression.

He had not expected things to develop like this.

This Long Xiaoyao was far inferior to Mu En.

Originally, he had held great respect for the human Soul Masters of Douluo Continent who had reached the limit through their own efforts.

Now, it seemed they were not all that impressive after all.

Even though he had always been a Soul Beast living in the Star Dou Great Forest, he still understood what personal space and boundaries were.

Breaking into his brother's woman's room in the middle of the night.

The instant he stepped through that door was enough to make people despise him.

This did not count as truly letting go at all.

If he had truly let go, he would never have pulled something like this, and what followed would naturally never have happened.

At Shrek Academy, inside the Sea God Pavilion.

Xian Lin'er watched the scene on the Heavenly Curtain and suddenly thought of her own circumstances.

She glanced at Yan Shaozhe, who was leisurely relaxing nearby, and snapped, "As expected, most men are no good, no matter how strong they are."

"Uh, Lin'er. You can't say that." Yan Shaozhe gave an awkward laugh, but he did not offer much of a rebuttal.

After all, when they were young, he really had wronged Xian Lin'er and betrayed her.

At that moment, Elder Xuan could not help joining the conversation. "Lin'er, you're wrong about that. People like Long Xiaoyao and Shao Zhe are still in the minority."

Of course, Xuan Zi was deeply surprised as well. After Mu En's monologue, he had learned that what he had believed to be the truth was actually false.

But even after learning the real circumstances, he had not expected the events of that year to unfold this way.

Mu En had been such a good man, yet he had suffered such a senseless disaster.

No wonder Long Xiaoyao had spent his entire life atoning for it. Now, it was all understandable.

"Elder Xuan, why are you joining in to make fun of me too?" Facing fire from two sides at once, Yan Shaozhe was finally struggling to hold on.

Hearing Xi Shui's voice, I felt as though I had been struck by lightning. I did not dare make a sound, afraid that Xi Shui would recognize me if I was not careful. In the dead of night, I had rashly entered her private room. How could I ever face Mu En or Xi Shui again?

But after reflecting on Xi Shui's words, I was even more horrified and began to panic.

It was indeed my first time hearing of Spring Breeze Dew Fragrance, but just from the name alone, I could guess what it did!

It truly came at the worst possible time. Suddenly, as I stood frozen in place, I felt a surge of heat erupt within my body. That heat rose from below and rushed straight to my mind, giving me no chance to react or resist.

My cautious rationality told me that I should use my last moments of clarity to turn around and run. Get away from here, away from Xi Shui. Even if I could not cure the poison, at least nothing worse would happen.

But in the end, I hesitated. I could not bear to leave. Empowered by Spring Breeze Dew Fragrance, my once disheartened heart became completely restless.

In the end, I finally did the thing I would regret for the rest of my life...